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Mahreen

Gender
Girl
Say it
maa-REEN
Origin
Persian
UK rank, 2025
#1,868 for girls
US rank, 2025
#8,858 for girls

Mahreen is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).

What does Mahreen mean?

Persian: Urdu name built on Persian mah, moon

A South Asian Muslim name built on the Persian word mah, 'moon', like Mahnoor and Mahrukh.

Is Mahreen a girl's or a boy's name?

Mahreen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mahreen in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,868among girls
Babies in 2025
16about 1 in 17,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Mahreen, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 20 girls.

2025 had more girls named Mahreen than any year since 2016.

Half of all the girls named Mahreen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 20 in 20152025
Mahreen in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202516#1,868
202414#2,057
202311#2,481
202212#2,277
20217#3,338
20208#3,009
201910#2,590
201815#2,000
201713#2,210
201616#1,941
201520#1,622
201415#1,976
201312#2,309
201214#2,103
201116#1,824
201015#1,912
200910#2,478
20087#3,203
20076#3,396
20060–
20055#3,543
20044#3,916
20030–
20020–
20015#2,928
20000–
19990–
199810#1,815
19970–
19966#2,469

How popular is Mahreen in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,858among girls
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 150,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Mahreen, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Mahreen in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 17 in 20222025
Mahreen in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#8,858
202411#8,941
20238#11,164
202217#6,702
20218#11,141
202014#7,554
201914#7,712
201810#9,801
201710#9,939
20167#12,871
201512#8,926
20148#11,925
20139#10,995
201214#8,204
201111#9,719
20106#14,953
200912#9,375
20089#11,594
20070–
20066#15,147
20058#11,828
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19985#14,116
19970–
19965#13,511

Names like Mahreen

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Mahreen

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Mahreen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahreen, updated 20 October 2026.